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Newspaper
Wellington Times
Location
Wellington, New South Wales, Australia
Date
Dec 18, 1952
Page
5
Reports on Watson and other missionaries at Wellington Valley describe internal clashes, resettlements, and harsh judgments from officials. Observers note failed civilization aims, native dependence on food, and moral decay among settlers, with drought, waning support, and calls for new leadership.
The fourth instalment by James Jervis of the Royal Historical Society surveys missionary efforts at Wellington and the aborigines’ habits and customs. Read at the Wellington Historical Society meeting, it sparked wide interest and debate, with the conclusion to appear in the Times next instalment.
The Executive Council ordered Rev. William Watson to hand over Mission Station premises and goods to Rev. James Gunther and to leave. The Police Magistrate at Wellington was instructed to oversee the transfer and removal of Watson and associated aboriginal children, as Watson departed with many of them to continue his work elsewhere.
District wool offerings at the Goldsbrough Mort sale on December 10 include accounts from C. M. and VA Quirk Store Creek with AAA and AA consignments, J Petersen Mumbji and Smith and Chrystal Dripstone, plus H. B. Burnett Wellington and L. Weston with cross bred lots. Several entries show AAA classifications with varied d values and bin numbers.
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